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How to Create an Allergy-Friendly Environment at Your Restaurant

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Customers with food allergies take a great risk to eat food prepared by someone other than themselves, as they may suffer potentially severe consequences from coming into contact with a triggering allergen. While this is by no means a comprehensive list, these are some common food allergens that you should read up on: Tree Nuts.

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Best Practices for Surviving in a Cautious Landscape

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"Guests want to know what items are included in each dish, where the products come from, and other information like allergens. . "Guests "Guests want to know what items are included in each dish, where the products come from, and other information like allergens.

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Can AI Address Labor and Food Safety Challenges?

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While our primary focus is on the back-of-house (BOH)—from food preparation to cleaning—we foresee that labor shortages and rising minimum wages will continue to challenge the industry. Can AI and robotics provide solutions to some of the toughest challenges faced by QSRs? It also self-cleans, helping ensure food safety.

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Why Training is the Key to Accurate Messaging About Gluten-Free Foodservice

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Meeting the needs of gluten-free consumers also extends beyond the front of the house. When responding to requests for gluten-free options, the best policy is to focus on the protocol you use to prepare foods with potential allergens. Messaging about gluten-free options and safety protocols begins with your menu.

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Digital Transformation in the Restaurant Industry

Streamlined allergen management ensuring ZERO food allergy incidents. The list goes on well beyond the restaurant back of house or food and beverage related challenges. Advanced analytics and forecasting. automated procurement. you name it, tech companies (like Apicbase) are already working on it. A fully automated supply chain.

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Competition’s Coming: Key Technology Changes Can Help You Win

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By improving customer loyalty and increasing revenue through the smart use of technology from the public-facing part of the business all the way to the back-of-house prep, sourcing, and staffing. In the near future, we’ll look at printed menus the way we look back at newspapers today. Inventory stock changed significantly.

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Food Safety Never Takes a Holiday 

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Pay attention to maintaining rack storage order to prevent cross-contamination of ready-to-eat foods from raw animal proteins as well as any allergen cross-contact potential. New menu items may have new or unexpected allergens (a new dessert may have nut or dairy ingredients, or a new sauce may contain anchovies, a fish allergen).